Antonyms for bygone
ˈbaɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒnby·gone

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1. bygone, water under the bridgeadjective

   past events to be put aside

   "let bygones be bygones"

   Antonyms:
   present(a), future

   Synonyms:
   water under the bridge

2. bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, goneadjective

   well in the past; former

   "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

   Antonyms:
   future, present(a)

   Synonyms:
   done for(p), departed, bypast, gone(p), at rest(p), gone(a), asleep(p), foregone, at peace(p), kaput(p), deceased, gone

How to use bygone in a sentence?

1. Yiddish Proverb:

   Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.

2. France Hungary:

   I am not surprised by the performance or the result, we had a very good history in the 1950s and 60s but this is a bygone era and I want to talk about this team.

3. Andy Carroll:

   This generation sees letters as a very quaint, bygone thing that people used to do, but what they contain is some of the most extraordinary, most powerful sentiments and emotions because everything is more vibrant through the lens of warfare.

4. David Mamet:

   The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

5. Gerard Cassidy:

   These are portfolios of a bygone era that were very, very painful for the banks, they are not plain vanilla portfolios, which means they are more costly to manage. It may just not be worth the headache.

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